Where does “itkijänainen” come from?

itkijänainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish itkijä, from Finnish -ja, from Proto-Finnic -ja, from Proto-Uralic -ja — Forms the present participle.

itkijänainen (Finnish): a female singer of itkuvirsi or laments

Definitions

  1. a female singer of itkuvirsi or laments

Ancestry of “itkijänainen”, step by step

itkijänainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish itkijä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitkijäcrier, one who cries; wailer
2Finnish-ja-er
3Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle

via Finnish nainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnainenwoman; lady; first-person singular potential...
2Proto-Finnicnainenwoman; wife
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish itkijä →